Dragons and knights in armour

Dragons and knights in armour

Knight riding dragon in flight
Dragon with next meal

The top one was painted in november 2008. The lower one was march 2007. They are unconnected except they have a dragon, knight in armour and a castle. They are also both humour based. You can just make out a leg bone sticking out of the 'armour' shoe. The fire really helps to bring out the image with out being to distracting.


from the website...
Dragon with next meal
The illustration depicts a large cartoon dragon looking at its next meal, a knight in armour. The knight is dwarfed by the dragon and probably quite worried at his outcome, based on the skeletons lying around of previous brave knights.
The digital painting is quite dark (colourwise) but the red fire in the background is is placed there to add form to the picture and make the situation more intense. Painted in 2008. 

Nasty big bad wolf pictures

Nasty big bad wolf pictures

nasty wolf and little red riding hood
Nasty fox looking for next meal
Both painted in photoshop. The little red riding hood one was done in feb 2009. I particularly enjoyed doing the expression on the girl.
The fat wolf in the field was done in july 2010. I like the contrast between the cute,innocent sheep looking on, and the wolf's sharp teeth.

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Nasty fox looking for next meal
Nasty bad wolfs are such interesting characters. It is difficult to say if the wolf is eyeing up the sheep on the hill or has already had some of the family members from the flock. The wolf was fun to do and is cartoony, whereas the sheep are painted in quite a realistic way. The wolf naturally fits in to the dark shadow cast by the tree, the eyes kept a touch lighter to add some menace in the character.
Painted in photoshop to a size of 8" x 10".

nasty wolf and little red riding hood
This illustration is based on the 'Red Riding Hood' childrens tale. The Nasty, big bad wolf is attempting to get his hands on the basket of food that was intended for the red riding hood's granny, and then later eat the girl. The girl can see through his plan and is having nothing of it. The composition is showing that the cottage is quite small and confined, with a tense situation happening inside of it. Another big bad wolf can be seen here.
This was painted in photoshop during 2009.